Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, the Mets signed Jeff McNeil to a four-year, $50 million contract extension, with a fifth-year club option that could take the deal up to $63.75 million. MMO’s own Mike Mayer reported that there was optimism a deal could get done after recent extension talks had taken place, and ESPN’s Jeff Passan broke the deal soon after. A perhaps overlooked...
Good morning, Mets fans! Well, maybe not. Carlos Correa is finalizing a deal to return to the Minnesota Twins on a six-year, $200 million contract that could max out at $270 million, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Of course, this is all pending a physical. Reports are also coming out about the deal the Mets were prepared to finalize with Correa. Michael Marino of Fantrax is reporting the...
Good morning, Mets fans. Friday night, Jacob deGrom made his free agent decision as he signed a five-year, $185 million contract with the Texas Rangers. The contract includes a conditional sixth-year option and a full no-trade clause. It is truly the end of an era for the Mets. deGrom was the 2014 National League Rookie of the Year Award winner, a two-time Cy Young Award Winner, and a four-time...
Good morning, Mets fans! The New York Mets arrive in Atlanta for a pivotal three game weekend series against the rival Braves. Fresh off a walk-off win and a five RBI night, courtesy of Eduardo Escobar, the Mets currently sit one game ahead in the NL East standings and will send Jacob deGrom to toe the slab against Max Fried. For more insight, Michael Mayer goes in-depth on possible scenarios...
While the Mets season is going down the drain quickly, they’ve had several great individual performances in 2020 and the least surprising one is the dominance of Jacob deGrom. With under two weeks left in the season, he looks like the favorite to win his third straight National League Cy Young award. Jacob deGrom The reigning NL Cy Young now leads the NL in ERA (1.67) and K% (37.8)....
August 28, 2020 was a hell of a day for Mets fans as they found out Steve Cohen is in negotiations to buy the team and they swept the Yankees in the Bronx. Amed Rosario gave the Mets a 4-3 win over the Yankees in the night cap with a two-run pinch hit homer. Pitching Peterson missed a chunk of time due to left shoulder fatigue and was making his first appearance since August 13. The former first...
Rick Porcello started the month of August on such a high note, yielding just one run across seven innings pitched against the Washington Nationals. After another quality start his next time out, it appeared Porcello had turned the corner. Unfortunately maybe that was not the case after all. Porcello closed out the month of August with two lackluster performances, as all the hits he has given up...
Miami Marlins The Marlins’ top prospect, Sixto Sánchez, made his MLB debut last night and earned the W as his team topped the Nationals 5-3. The right-hander tossed five innings (66 pitches – 46 for strikes), allowing three runs (all earned), while giving up a couple of homeruns and striking out four. After catcher Francisco Cervelli left game two of Saturday’s doubleheader...
On August 18 — assuming there is one — Steven Matz will reach five years of major league service time. That milestone is a big deal for any player and one that only a relatively low percentage reach. Once there, Matz can no longer be optioned to the minor leagues without his consent. Not that he would be (Matz hasn’t spent time in the minors outside of rehab assignments since making his...
In an effort to further bolster their bullpen, the New York Mets signed free agent reliever Jared Hughes. Hughes will be added to the Mets’ 60 man player-pool, which now stands at 51, after Tuesday’s signing. Hughes, who will turn 35 on July 4, has spent nine years in the majors. The tall, right-hander has pitched for Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Philadelphia and owns a...
LaTroy Hawkins embarked on quite the lengthy journey through Major League Baseball, serving 21 seasons and playing on 11 different teams during that time. That journey eventually brought him to Flushing on a minor league contract that, at the time, actually worked out quite well for the rebuilding 2013 Mets. Hawkins played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2011, appearing in 52 games and posting a...
When it rains, it pours, and it sure did pour for the 2009 Mets. The team only won 70 games, finished fourth in the NL East, and was plagued by injuries to most of their star players. They also missed an opportunity to keep an all-star reliever locked up for multiple seasons during his prime because they didn’t give him a chance to prove himself. That reliever was Darren O’Day. O’Day was signed...
